Defense Civilian Training Corps
The Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC) is an ROTC-like program designed to strengthen the supply side of the DoD civilian talent pipeline with new civilian professionals prepared with DoD critical skills education; leadership and internship development through hands-on projects; multidisciplinary teamwork experience; and security clearances. DCTC scholars will be ready day one to support current and future complex DoD national security demands.
OBJECTIVES
DCTC provides a comprehensive development and scholarship-for-service program for selected students to earn a bachelor’s degree and prepare them to be future leaders within the DoD ecosystem. While in school, DCTC scholars engage in active learning in the classroom, take on immersive learning challenges to solve real-life problems, and participate in project-based summer internships.
MISSION
The DCTC integrated curriculum and development program provides scholars from a broad array of majors across the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM), finance, business, law, and policy fields with the critical skills and experiences needed to jump-start a career in the civilian acquisition workforce. DCTC is designed to provide a multidisciplinary cohort-based learning environment, match scholars to a project-based summer internship with DoD organizations, facilitate a security clearance before graduation, and establish a pathway to employment.
Things You Should Know:
How To Apply:
The Defense Civilian Training Corps(DCTC) application for the Class of 2027 is now open.
The application deadline is October 18, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST.
- General background information (for example, contact information and details about your current academic status).
- Academic transcripts (unofficial is acceptable).
- An academic plan showing a graduation date of May 2027 signed by your academic advisor.
- Responses to short answer essay questions.
- Confirmation of your eligibility for a security clearance.
Click HERE to learn what it means to be eligible for a security clearance.
- How would joining DoD as a civilian contributing to the defense acquisition mission further your professional goals and interest in public service?
- How do your work and academic experiences demonstrate your character and professional development?
- Is there anything else we should know about you?
- PDF copy of your current or most recent transcript (unofficial is acceptable).
- PDF copy of your academic plan showing a graduation date of May 2027 signed by your academic advisor.
- PDF copy of your current resume.
DCTC News:
N.C. A&T Welcomes Second Cohort of Defense Civilian Training Corps, Adds Faculty Fellows
N.C. A&T Announces Inaugural Defense Civilian Training Corps Cohort
N.C. A&T Selected to Pilot DOD Defense Civilian Training Corps
Contact:
Jerald Neely, DCTC Program Coordinator
jkneely@ncat.edu
336-285.2619
